title: [Small mammals as leptospirosis carriers on waste dumps].
abstract: In 1980-1986 the authors examined 2,720 small mammals (17 species) from six dumps of wastes in South-Bohemia serologically for leptospirosis. 397 small mammals from the agglomeration of Ceské Budĕjovice and 1,399 from four characteristic biotops in the valley of the river Vltava in South-Bohemia were investigated for a comparison. In small mammals from the dump of wastes at Ceské Budĕjovice antibodies against L. grippotyphosa were detected in 4.9%, against the serovars from the serogroup Sejroe in 2.6% and against L. icterohaemorrhagiae in 0.1%. In other five dumps of wastes only L. grippotyphosa antibodies were ascertained in small mammals, namely from 1.6% to 6.7%. In the agglomeration of the town Ceské Budejovice small mammals were positive in 4.0%, also for L. grippotyphosa only, in seven localities in the valley of the river Vltava with the same serovar in an average of 2.3%, with sorex-jalna in 0.1%.
authors.affiliation: Parasitologisches Institut der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Ceské Budĕjovice, CSFR.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sebek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vlcek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007919:Leptospira / Q000276:immunology*; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012377:Rodentia / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Kleinsäuger als Leptospirosewirte auf den Mülldeponien.